, 1887-05-13
UNVEILED.
The Statue Of Gen. James A.
Garfield
Presented to the Peoples Rep
resentative.
President Cleyeland's Speech
Of Acceptance,
The Garfield Statue.

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dress transferring the statue to Gen.
Sheridan. At its conclusion Gen. Sheri-
dan, in behalf of the society, transferred
the statue to the president in the follow
ing words:
Mr.. President-Ihis statue which has
been unveiled in your presence to day was
erected by the comrades of Gen. Garfield
belonging to the Army OF the Cumber-
land. They recognized his merit as a
soldier and they wished to pay some tes-
timouy to that merit and his worth as a
man. | have the honor, sir, on behalf of
the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land, to ask you, as the representative of
the American people, to accept the statue
from their hands as it was given to me.
The president replied as follows:
Fellow citizens-In performance of the
duty assigned me on this occasion, | here
by accept, on behalf of the people of the
United States, this complete and beautiful
statue. Amid the interchange of frater.
nal greetings between survivors of the
Army of the Cumberland and their former
foes upon the battlefield. and while the
union general and peoples president
awaited burial, the common grief of these
~magnanimous survivors and mourning cit.
zcns found expression in a determination
to erect this tribute to American great
ness; and thus to day, in its symmetry
and beauty, it presents the sign of ami
mosities forgotten, an emblem of brother.
hood and a token of a nation restored.
Monuments and statues multiply through.
out the land, 6ttingly illustrative of the
love and affection of our grateful people,
and commemorating brave and patriotic
sacrifices in war, fame in peaceful pur-
suits, or honor in public station. But
from this day forth there shall stand at
our seat of government this statue of a
distinguished citizen who in his life
and services combined all these
things and more, which chal-
leuge admiration in the American
character, loving tenderness in every
domestic relation, bravery on the field of
battle, fame and distinction in our halls
of legislation, and the highest honor and
dignity in the chief magistracy of the ma
ton. This stately efigy shall not fail to
teach every beholder that the source of
American greatness is confined to no con
dition, nor dependent alone for its growth
and development upon favorable surround
ings. The genius of our national life
beckons to usefulness and honor to those
in every sphere and offers the highest
preferment to manly hopes and sturdy,
honest effort. chastened and consecrated
by patriotic aspirations. AS long as this
statue stands. let 1t be proudly remember
ed that to every American citizen the way
is open to fame and station, until he,
"Movlug up from high to higher.
Becomes on fortunes browning slope
The pillar of a peoples hope,
The center Of a worlds desire"
Nor can we forget that it also teaches our
people a sad and distressing lesson, and
the thoughtful citizen, who views its fair
proportions, cannot fail to recall the
tragedy OF death which brought grief and
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